Happy thoughts from
Tom
who sent me this
cartoon-inspired article
showing a “busy ant”
carrying a load to its office of business.
Try to visualize the
expressions of each!
Every day, a small Ant arrives
at work very early and starts working immediately. She produces a lot and she is very happy!
The Chief...a Lion
(with a mature golden mane and observing business eyes) was surprised to see
that the Ant was working without supervision. He thought, “If the Ant can
produce so much without supervision, wouldn't she produce even more if she had
a supervisor?”
So, he recruited a Cockroach
who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing
excellent reports. The Cockroach's first decision...to set up a clocking-in-attendance
system.
He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his
reports; so he recruited an ugly black Spider who managed
archives and monitored all telephone calls.
The Lion was very
delighted with the Cockroach's reports and asked him to produce
graphs to describe production rates and to analyze trends so that he could use
them for presentation at the Board's meetings. So the Cockroach
had to buy a new computer, laser printer and recruited a Fly to
manage the IT department.
The Ant, who had
once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and
meetings which used up most of her time.!
The Lion came to
the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the
department where the Ant worked.
The position was given to the Cicada,
whose next decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair
for his office. The new person in charge, the Cicada,
also needed a computer and personal assistant, whom he brought from his previous department to
help prepare a Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimization Plan.
The department where the Ant
worked is now a sad place; nobody laughs anymore and everybody has
become upset!
It was at this time that the Cicada
convinced the boss, Lion, of absolute necessity to start a
climatic study of the environment. Having reviewed the changes for running the Ant
department the Lion found
out that the production was much less than before! So he recruited the Owl
(dressed in business blue and wearing a mortar-board hat), a prestigious and
renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions. The Owl spent three months in the department and came up with an
enormous report in several volumes, that concluded...the
department was over-staffed!
The Lion's face and
teeth showed much dissatisfaction!
Guess! Who does the Lion
fire first?
The Ant, of
course...because “she showed lack of understanding and had a negative attitude!”
Poor Ant,
very downcast...
she leaves like a
hobo with her small pack of possessions
hanging from a long
stick across her shoulder.
And this is why we
have added 200,000 new government employees
in the past two years
and...no one can explain
why we are still in a
recession!
It's not a good
time to be an Ant!
I'm from the human
race and that's why
(from the pressure of
the workplace)
I am SOOO
thankful...to be Retired!
* * * * *
Feline Blogger ?
Believe I’ll live the life of a cat and write
the first entry of nine
about my comfortable home with an endearing
family
who give me ‘catnip’ for special treats.
An orange and cream tabby, each morning I do my stretching exercises
looking into a mirror. Standing on my back legs and with front paws clasped
together, I bend from side to side…with expressive glee:
I'm not old!
I woke up;
I lifted my arms;
I moved my knees;
I turned my
neck...
Everything made
the same noise ~
CrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaacccccccccccK!
And I came to a
conclusion:
I am NOT old ~
I am crispy!
Crafted by Merle
Baird-Kerr … May 25, 2013
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